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Czech Court Convicts Former Top Government Aide of Abusing Power

Jana Necasova Accused of Ordering Military Intelligence to Spy on Her Husband's Ex-Wife

June 30, 2014 5:00 p.m. ET

PRAGUE—A Czech district court has convicted a former top government aide, now married to a former prime minister, of abusing her authority by ordering the country's military intelligence to spy on her husband's ex-wife, a senior Czech state attorney said Monday.

The district court in the Czech capital of Prague also issued a 12-month suspended sentence for Jana Necasova, conditional on four years of probation monitored for good...